[ale] Securely disabling wireless.

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Fri Aug 12 14:16:45 EDT 2005


William Bagwell wrote:
> Getting DSL soon (Possibly today... Yeah!!!) have allready received the 
> "box" (Actiontec Gateway GT704-WG) As far as I can tell from the skimpy 
> literature the wireless defaults off. Suits me, but I want to insure it 
> *never* gets turned on accidentally. 
> 
> Is removing the antenna enough, or should I be even more paranoid?

Removing the antenna will reduce it's range, but it will not totally 
disable it.  What I would do once you get it setup is, fire up kismet on 
a laptop with a wireless card and see if you can see the network.

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Until later, Geoffrey



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